Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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Menu—Winter.
Monday Roast beef, greens, potatoes, bread.
Milk pudding, rice and baked apples.
Tuesday Boiled mutton, carrots, onions, dumplings,
barley.
Raw apple and dates.
Wednesday Roast mutton, greens, potatoes, bread.
Boiled suet sultana pudding.
Thursday Meat pie, greens, potatoes, bread.
Custard and orange.
Friday Shepherd Pie or boiled fish, beans, potatoes.
Treacle tart or suet pudding.
Summer.
Monday Roast mutton, greens, potatoes, bread.
Rice pudding and baked apples.
Tuesday Shepherd Pie, greens, potatoes, bread.
Macaroni and gooseberries.
Wednesday Cold salt beef, salad (lettuce, watercress,
tomatoes, etc.), potatoes.
Boiled suet pudding and treacle.
Thursday Meat pie, greens, potatoes, bread.
Raw apple and dates.
Friday Cold roast mutton, green salad, potatoes,
bread.
Treacle tart.
Note.—Lemonade made from fresh lemons served twice
a week in summer.
Under this regime the children show decided
and in many cases a very marked improvement.
Treatment by Artificial Sunlight (Ultra-Violet
Kays) is not provided under the Borough scheme;
but certain cases are recommended during the course
of the year, the treatment usually being carried out
in the Special Light Department at Tite Street
Hospital under medical supervision.
Bacteriological and other pathological
Examinations.
In addition to a large amount of other specialized
investigation, both bacteriological and pathological
in the Borough Laboratory, Miss Robinson has carried